These instructions were written so that you can have this window open with the instructions in front of you while you navigate the Website in the original window. When you see an instruction asking you to "click", "select" or "push a button", do so in the other window.
Delegated Referees will generally have to create a new account. Click "Login here to create a new user account" in the "For delegated referees" section of the home page. On subsequent connections, you will use the "Login here if you have a userid" command in the same section. The Author FAQ describes in detail how to create an account.
Every user will have a personal menu page generated for them, depending on their status within the Conference. This is the page you see when you login or if you push the "Go to main menu" button on most pages.
From your main menu, you can view or edit your user record, or view, edit or create papers (please do not click "Create a new paper submission" after the deadline has passed).
Please make sure your personal user record is complete (see the Author FAQ for detailed information on the fields). You will find the commands to view and edit your user data near the top of your main menu page.
If you have been assigned papers to referee, you will have extra commands available on your main menu (see next section).
There are two kinds of reviews: assigned and unregistered. A Program Chair must complete a form to assign you to referee a particular paper. If a paper has been assigned to you, you will see it in the section "Papers Assigned by Program-Chairs" under "Referee reports owned by XXX" (about halfway down the page). There may be multiple papers listed. For each paper there are up to four buttons: to access the paper; to create/edit the referee report; to show the referee report (if it exists); and to access paper recommendation record.
PC members can delegate the reviewing of a paper to a close colleague or student, instead of reviewing the paper personally, but the PC member is still responsible for the review and should be familiar enough with the paper to be able to defend the review. These are unregistered reviews. They appear in the section "Unregistered Referee Reports" under "Referee reports owned by XXX" (about halfway down the page). Again, there may be multiple papers listed. There are two buttons to show and edit the referee report.
Please avoid conflicts of interest. These can sometimes be difficult to detect. If you feel there may be even an apparent conflict of interest, please alert the Program-Chair who assigned you that paper or alert the PC member who asked you to do the review.
For assigned reviews, the PC members should click the button to view the paper under the heading "Papers Assigned by Program-Chair".
There are at least 3 copies of most papers: the one submitted by the author (PostScript or PDF); and PDF, and PostScript (where appropriate) copies created here in our labs. The copy submitted by the author is the true submission, the others are there for your convenience. The comments for the paper may describe problems with the alternate formats.
Click a button to download the copy of the paper most appropriate for your environment. If you are unable to use any of the copies please let us know ASAP. Warning: some of the PostScript files are very large. If you download the author's copy, the file name is simply the paper number. We present your browser with the MIME type of many of the formats (but not all of them). Look at the original file name in the paper record for a clue as to its type.
For assigned reviews, click the button "Create report" beside the paper number, under the heading "Papers Assigned by Program-Chairs".
For unregistered (delegated) reviews, type the paper number in the box labelled "I wish to submit a review for paper number" and hit the "Go" button.
A page with the review form will appear. Use the radio buttons provided to complete your review. Complete each section to the best of your knowledge.
The last radio button permits partial reports. If you would like to "sleep on your report" or work on it over a couple of days, mark "Is this the final version of your report?" with "I will be making additional changes". You may edit the record as many times as you like, particularly if you have additional comments to add. When you are sure the report is complete mark "It is the final version" and the program-chair for the paper will know that your report is ready to be included in the final recommendations. It would be helpful if you sent the program-chair an e-mail when you have finished all your reports.
There are two comment fields at the bottom of the form. You are not limited to the size of the boxes in preparing your response. For the authors, be specific and constructive. We want the 3DIM2001 proceedings to be the best they can be. Comments for the program committee will not be seen by the authors, even if the author is on the committee.
When ready, press the "Submit Data" button. (Submit often when adding many comments; it is the same as doing a 'Save' in a word processor!)
You may also review your report by pressing the "Show report" button under "View my referee reports" on your main menu. You may change your report by pressing the "Edit record" at the bottom of the 'show' page.
All entries to the our Web server are logged. You may use the
"Show record history" button at the bottom of the 'show' page to
monitor access to the records you are responsible for. Contact us immediately
if you believe there is a problem.
Do not forget to select "It is the final version"
when your report is complete
Your program chair will advise you as to how this information will be used in your track. At the very least, read and familiarize yourself with the reviews submitted by your delegated referees.
Remember, these additional reviewers have no official standing in our system. They are not able to connect and pick up a copy of the paper; you will have to provide it to them. Please provide them with the paper number as well.
There are currently two ways for them to submit a review. They may do the review off-line and provide you with the data to enter on the form. The last box on the review form is for you to enter the full name of the person who did the review for you.
Alternately, they are able to create an account and login as a delegated referee and submit a review. Please help them get started with our system. They must know the paper number. These reviews are specially marked so that PC members and program-chairs know they were done by people outside the system.
